Religion: Inge Rebuked

Though ten years retired, William Ralph Inge, London's famed "Gloomy
Dean," has lost none of his flair for irritating people. His latest
sally, blaming not Hitler but Luther for "the miseries which Germany
has brought upon the world" (TIME, Nov. 6), last week brought the
84-year-old Anglican a thoroughgoing rebuke from 19 famed Protestant
leaders. Their statement charged the former Dean with forgetting some
recent history. Germany's Lutheran Church, said the churchmen, "has
offered a more stalwart resistance to Nazi tyranny than has any other
group. In Denmark and Norway, the Lutheran Church...